Medullary lateral tegmental field: An important synaptic relay in the barereceptor reflex pathway of the cat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 5 46-5, 1999, Pages

  Orer, Hakan S ^a,b   Barman, Susan M ^a   Gebber, Gerard L ^a   Sykes, Shannon M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

D ( ) 2 amino 5 phosphonopentanoic acid; caudal ventrolateral medulla; excitatory amino acid mediated neurotransmission; quinoxaline derivative; nucleus of the tractussolitarius; sympathetic nerve discharge

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032762719     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.5.r1462     Document Type: Article

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